I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
ALLEN IVERSONSo many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn’t want to let them down.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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I can’t take it back. I can’t take anything back. So I don’t regret it.
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I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.
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Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ‘Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.’ Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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There’s nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it’s something positive about Allen Iverson.
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Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
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So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn’t want to let them down.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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Being older, I can’t imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid’s life. I will just never understand it. To me, it’s priceless.
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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
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